Toy telephone



Sept. 13, 1932. J, H, CQNKLIN TOY TELEPHONE Filed Feb. 12, 1951 @EMS-E.

Patented Sept. 13, 1932 JOHN'H. CONKLIN, 0E AST' HAMPTON, CONNECTICUT Application. filed February 1.2, 1931. Serial 515,156.`

My invention relatestothat class of toys made in imitation of telephones vand'similar apparatus, and an object of my invention, among others, is the production of atoy in 15,; imitation of the latter styles oifY telephone apparatus,both in appearance, as tooperai tion and in the vsounds produced by and emanating therefrom. Y

One form oi a telephone apparatus embodying my invention, and in the construction and use of which the objects herein set out, as well as others, may be attained is illustrated in the accompanying drawing, in

Which- Figure 1 is a view in iront elevation of my improved telephone apparatus, with parts broken away to show construction.

Figure2 is a view in section through the base illustrating the manner of controlling he speedoil rotation of the dial.

Figure 3 is .a view in side elevation of my improved toy telephone with the hand bar cut in cross section.

Figure 4L- is a detail top view of a portion of the base with the dialing diskremoved.

Figure 5 is a view in section-on a plane de-V noted by the dotted line 5-5 of Figure 2.

trated and described herein quite closely simulates, both 1n operation and in results produced, those obtained in the ordinary use of regular telephones, that is, the signal is effected without disturbing` other than the signal apparatus, the calling or dialing operation is performed without affect from or upon other parts of the instrument, and talking effects are produced trom the receiver in the regular operation of placing the hand telephone set in use.

In the accompanying drawing the numeral 5 denotes the base of my improved telephone,

G a post rising therefrom and surmounted by a support or rest 7 on which the hand telephone is placed when not in use. A signal belll 8 oi? any ordinary construction is secured to the post 6 and has a thumb lever 9 as a means for operating it. The base'ofthe hell has la bracket 10 terminating in a cap 11 fitting over the. top of the post 6, and the support or rest 7' sets upon said cap, a bolt Vthe dial'disk of a regular telephoneV set.

passing downwardly through the rest, cap. post and base and secured by anut under-V neath the post vuniting all` said parts iirmly together. l

A bridge 12 is secured inside of the base 5 55 to the top thereof, and a shaftl is rotatably supported by the bridgeand the base, projecting above the top vof the latter. A- gear 14 is'secured to the shaft and mesheswith a pinion" 15 located betweeny the bridge 'and 6@ base. scape lwheel 16 is rigidly securedlto the pinion anda pallet 17 is engaged with the scape wheel in amanner common to structures of this class and operates to regulate the speed of rotation of a dialing disk 18 secured to the projecting end of the shaft V113 above theI base.. 'H vThe bridge is held in place by prongs'19 projecting through "the base yand overturned thereabove,v and an indicating disk 2O is se'- 7 cured at its edges under said prongs, said disk having indicating characters Aunderlying openings 21 in the disk 18 in a manner simulating the indicatingy characters underneath A. lug r22 projectsA from one edgejot` Vthe A j disk 18 and acts'` by contact with a iinger stop My improved telephone apparatus illus-- 23 to limit return movement of thev dial under the influence of aV spring 24 having one end securedtothe 'shaft 13 and its other end 80 engaged with one of several spring ,holdingl prongs 25 projecting upwardly fromlthe'base Within and yagainst the edge of the hole in Y the center of the disk 20, lsaid prongs'v also l serving to retain said. disk in position. i The hand telephone set comprises animitation-of a receiver 26 at one end' and a transmitter 27 at the other end as embodied in Y, Y

thel hand set of a regular. telephone. ,These 9,. members are'preferably constructed ofsheet 'i metal and are secured to opposite ends of a bar 28, also formed of' sheet metal., A sound-y ing device 29 is housed within the receiver 26 and'operates toautomatically produceag sound, particularly when the receiver is u placed against the ear of a personas in the act of using the hand set. This sounding de-y vice may be one of any number of devices of thissortl that are readily purchasedin the-1n operf market. Tha-t employed-herein is of" the bellows type from which air is forced through a reed or similar sound producing device. This bellows is located in a case 30 and includes a. Weighted end 3l shown herein as extended out of the open end of the case When the hand set is in position on the rest 7 and not in use.

The member mentioned herein as a sounding device is commonly referred to in the trade as a voice, this being located in the earpiece or receiver 26,v which earpiece is in the same relative position With respect to the mouthpiece or transmitter 27 as in a regular telephone set novv in common use.

In operation the handle or hand bar 28 is grasped to remove thehand set from the rest, and the earpiece or receiver is placedagainst the ear. This act inverts the receiver to such degree that the Weighted end of the bellows passes into the case, thereby expelling the air from the bellows through the reed and caus ing a sound which may simulate a voice, as though reproduced in the earpiece or receiver. A cord 32 is extended from the base l to the vhand set to simulate the connecting lWire cord of a regular telephone set.

In accordance vvithV the provisions of the patent statutes l have described the principles of operation of my invention together J with the device which I now consider to represent the best embodiment thereof but I desire to have it understood that the device shown is only illustrative and that the inven* tion may be carried out by other means and applied to uses other than those above set out.

l claim:

l. A toy telephone including a base provided With means for supporting` a receiver, an earpiece simulating a receiver adapted to .'be supported by said base and to be removed therefrom and inverted for use, and a gravity actuated sounding device located Within said earpiece and arranged to besouiided when said earpiece is inverted.

2. A toy telephone including a base provided with means for supporting a` receiver.l a receiver adapted to be supported by said base and to be removed therefrom and inverted for use, and a voice7 located in said receiver and cause-d to sound When the position of the receiver is changed in placing it against the ear.

3. A toy telephone including` a base provided With a rest for a hand set, a hand set adapted to be received upon said rest and comprising a receiver and a transmitter at opposite ends of a handle bar adapted for use only when inverted, and a gravity actuated sounding device located Within said receiver and adapted to be sounded When said receiver is inverted.

4. A toy telephone including a base provided vvith means to support a receiver, a receiver adapted to be supported by said base 'and to be removed therefrom and inverted for use7 a simulation of a dialing set including a dial rotatably mounted on the-base, and a gravity actuated sounding device located in said receiver and adapted to be sounded when said receiver is inverted.

5. A toy telephone including a base provided Witli means for supporting a receiver. an ear piece simulating a receiver adapted to be supported by said base and to be-removed therefrom and inverted for use7 and a gravity actuated sounding device so positioned in the receiver that it vvill sound ivhen the receiver is changed from a horizontal to a vertical position to simulate the reception of a message.

6. A toy telephone'including a base provided with means to support a receiver, an ear piece simulating a receiver adapted to be supported by said base and to bev removed therefrom and inverted for use7 and a gravity actuated sounding device comprising a Weighted collapsible member arranged to collapse and thereby sound when the receiver is changed from a horizontal position on -its support to a vertical position When placed against the earto simulate the reception of a message.

JOHN H. CONKLIN.

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